Phuket evening shows compared: Siam Niramit, Carnival Magic, Simon Cabaret and FantaSea

Four evening shows come up when people plan a night out in Phuket: Siam Niramit, Carnival Magic, Phuket FantaSea and Simon Cabaret. The prices below come from the shows’ own sites, rechecked on 3 November 2026. The exception is Simon Cabaret, whose site shows a price only in a booking form: for it we give the price of operator Phuket Tour and say so. Carnival Magic raised its prices for visits from 1 November, and FantaSea announced new hours and a new show time from the same date, so guides written earlier show older figures.

What the tickets cost on 3 November 2026

Baht, official sites. A child ticket means a height of 101-140 cm (Siam Niramit counts from 100 cm).

The buffet adds 400 baht per adult at Siam Niramit and FantaSea and 500 baht at Carnival Magic (our arithmetic from the table). Siam Niramit’s show-only ticket includes the Thai village and the Naga Courtyard, and Carnival Magic’s admission ticket includes the parade and the Kingdom of Lights garden. Smaller children enter free at the three big shows: the limit is 100 cm at Carnival Magic and FantaSea and under 100 cm at Siam Niramit, and at FantaSea and Carnival Magic they get no seat of their own.

Days, times, transfer and children

The theatre’s phone is +66 87 888 6888 (Simon Cabaret’s home page, 3 November 2026).

Which show is open on which evening

This is the regular schedule from the shows’ sites. Carnival Magic and FantaSea add an 18:30 show on pre-announced dates, so check your date before you book.

Who each show suits and who should skip it

What a family of three pays

Two adults and one child of 110 cm, cheapest seat class, official prices of 3 November 2026, in baht. We multiplied the table prices ourselves. Simon Cabaret is left out because the child price is not published.

If you want both Kamala shows on two evenings, the Carnival Magic and FantaSea combo (each with buffet) costs 3,800 baht per adult and 3,700 per child, against 4,800 and 4,500 if you buy the two tickets separately: a saving of 1,000 baht per adult and 800 per child. The two parks need two separate bookings.

If you have only one evening

Check the day first, because the days do not overlap much. On Tuesday the choice is FantaSea or Simon Cabaret, on Thursday Siam Niramit or Simon Cabaret. On the other days pick by taste.

If the day does not decide it, Siam Niramit is the safe single choice for most people: it is open six days, the show goes ahead rain or shine, it has the cheapest transfer, and it is the only one of the four with a stated refund until 3 pm on the day. Take FantaSea if you want the largest production and are comfortable with elephants in the show, and Carnival Magic if you want a short parade and a garden to walk through.

If you travel with children

All three big shows price children by height, so measure your child: the free limit is about 100 cm and the child price runs up to 140 cm, with the cut-off differing by a centimetre between shows (see the table). Carnival Magic has the shortest show, a 45-minute parade, and the park’s FAQ says its rides are for children under 140 cm. Siam Niramit and FantaSea start the show at 20:30 and end around 21:40-21:50, which is late for small children. Simon Cabaret publishes no age rules. For age-by-age advice see Phuket excursions with kids.

If you want no dinner

Three shows sell a ticket without dinner: Siam Niramit Silver and FantaSea at 1,800 baht for an adult, Carnival Magic at 2,100. Simon Cabaret sells no dinner at all and is the cheapest option, with the price caveat above. A buffet is worth adding only if you would eat in the park anyway: it adds 400-500 baht per adult.

Rain and refunds

Siam Niramit says the show goes ahead rain or shine and refunds unredeemed tickets cancelled before 3 pm on the show day. Carnival Magic’s ticket page calls tickets non-refundable, though its FAQ mentions a refund for prepaid reservations cancelled 24 hours ahead. FantaSea and Simon Cabaret call tickets non-refundable, and none of the four has a weather clause on the pages we read. The terms of sea tours and the shows side by side are in what happens if a Phuket tour is cancelled because of weather. Prices of the sea tours are in how much Phuket tours cost.

What we did not find

• Simon Cabaret’s official ticket prices and age rules: its booking form loads in a ticketing widget and we could not read a price from it
• A transfer price for Simon Cabaret from the theatre itself
• A seating plan that explains Siam Niramit’s Silver, Gold and Platinum classes
• A show-length figure for Simon Cabaret from the theatre: only operators give one